On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Paul Vixie wrote:
if you know of a place that offers 1U/month for $50/month with some kind of bandwidth limitations (moderate peak, low average), and a strong abuse desk (including repossessing the 1U server upon proof of abuse or neglect), please send me e-mail with a url and some details. i'll summarize it all online and report the aggregation URL back to this mailing list.
I've always wanted to enter a "niche market" like this. I've never had a boss that saw this as big enough to break even. This really is a small enough endeavour for a few people to start up. Here in NYC, you can get some decent co-lo at a "Tier 1" for $650/mo. and bandwidth at $150/MB with no commit. And that's at a very nice facility. I'm sure that others know of even better deals, but I think that's a fair market price for a facility/name that everyone knows and trusts. If anyone on the east coast also thinks this is something worth putting together (either for-profit or as a co-op situation), feel free to contact me directly. Thanks, Charles